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008 900622s1785 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 90898222
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aCont Cong no. 115
110 1 $aUnited States.$bContinental Congress.
245 13 $aAn ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory :$bBe it ordained by the United States of Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner ...
260 $a[New York :$bs.n.,$c1785]
300 $a1 sheet ([2] p.) ;$c44 x 28 cm.
500 $a"This imprint is in the form, apparently, in which the ordinance passed the 2d reading"--Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 918, which give date as March 16, 1785.
500 $aImprint from Journals ofthe Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753; formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in v. 29, p. 918 (#459). Bristol gives Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of printing.
510 4 $aBristol$cB6199
510 4 $aShipton & Mooney$c44818
510 4 $aJournals of the Continental Congress,$c459
500 $aLC copy extensively annotated by Benjamin Bankson, clerk of the secretary's office, bringing it into conformity with the later action of Congress. Cf. JCC, v. 29, p. 918.$5DLC
500 $aSource: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.$5DLC
530 $aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
650 0 $aSurveying$xPublic lands$zNorthwest, Old.
650 0 $aLand settlement$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
710 2 $aContinental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
856 41 $dbdsdcc$f11501$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.11501$qs